Women's Volleyball | 11/2/2010 9:32:53 PM

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WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University volleyball team celebrated Senior Night with a thrilling 3-2 come-from-behind victory against Glenville State at the ASRC on Tuesday.

Coach Brooke Turner's Hilltoppers (11-15, 5-8) lost two of the first three games to the visiting Pioneers (3-19, 2-9) but bounced back with an impressive 25-16 win in Game Four before gutting out a 22-20 decision in the fifth and final game.

Anne Edwards led West Liberty with 16 kills while Emily Mellie added a dozen kills, 5 blocks and a pair of service aces. Mo Pierzchala also charted 12 kills while Abby McCreery and Brittany Albanese had 25 and 17 assists, respectively. Jennifer Torrence led all players with 13 digs.

McCreery (Bolivar, Ohio) and fellow senior Amie Riethmiller (Martins Ferry, Ohio) were honored in a Senior Night ceremony.

West Liberty closes out the regular season at home on Wednesday with a 7 p.m. match against Davis & Elkins. It's a makeup match from earlier in the season.

VOLLEYBALL

West Liberty 3, Glenville State 2

(24-26, 25-23, 21-25, 25-16, 22-20)

GLENVILLE STATE (3-19, 2-9)

    Jamie Schindel 23-0-2; Chelsea Cooke-Tripp 18-5-4; Heather Stout 7-0-2; Rikki Butler 6-0-0; Jordan Hostetler 1-2-1; Erica Hale 0-2-4; Chelsea Stickelman 0-1-0; Totals 55-10-8.5.

    Assists – Erica Hale 54.

    Digs – Chelsea Stickelman 9; Heather Stout 7

WEST LIBERTY (11-16, 5-8)

    Anne Edwards 16-0-2; Emily Mellie 12-2-5; Melissa Pierzchala 12-0-1; Rachel Ziegler 5-0-1; Amie Riethmiller 5-0-3; Mekenzie Gray 4-0-0; Sarah Mathias 3-0-1; Alexandra Kowalski 2-0-1; Haylee Strause 0-1-0; Abby McCreery 0-0-1; April Salyer 0-2-0; Jennifer Torrence 0-2-0; Totals 59-7-8.0.

    Assists – Abby McCreery 25; Brittany Albanese 17.

    Digs – Jennifer Torrence 13; Melissa Pierzchala 4